diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7c501f881..d48da7235 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -202,6 +202,10 @@ require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0 // indirect
 )
 
+// Use the local sqldb package for development.
+// TODO(norbert): remove once sqldb package is tagged.
+replace github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/sqldb => ./sqldb
+
 // This replace is for https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-25xm-hr59-7c27
 replace github.com/ulikunitz/xz => github.com/ulikunitz/xz v0.5.11
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4c1780dc9..4507c5302 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -382,8 +382,6 @@ github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/kvdb v1.4.16 h1:9BZgWdDfjmHRHLS97cz39bVuBAqMc4/p
 github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/kvdb v1.4.16/go.mod h1:HW+bvwkxNaopkz3oIgBV6NEnV4jCEZCACFUcNg4xSjM=
 github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/queue v1.1.1 h1:99ovBlpM9B0FRCGYJo6RSFDlt8/vOkQQZznVb18iNMI=
 github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/queue v1.1.1/go.mod h1:7A6nC1Qrm32FHuhx/mi1cieAiBZo5O6l8IBIoQxvkz4=
-github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/sqldb v1.0.11 h1:X8J3OvdIhJVniQG78Qsp3niErl1zdGMTPvzgiLMWOOo=
-github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/sqldb v1.0.11/go.mod h1:oOdZ7vjmAUmI9He+aFHTunnxKVefHZAfJttZdz16hSg=
 github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/ticker v1.1.1 h1:J/b6N2hibFtC7JLV77ULQp++QLtCwT6ijJlbdiZFbSM=
 github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/ticker v1.1.1/go.mod h1:waPTRAAcwtu7Ji3+3k+u/xH5GHovTsCoSVpho0KDvdA=
 github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/tlv v1.3.2 h1:MO4FCk7F4k5xPMqVZF6Nb/kOpxlwPrUQpYjmyKny5s0=